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All right, please send comments, but keep in mind this list is not mine. Where are all the Detroit Lions? Okay, that was a joke, but Calvin Johnson better be somewhere on that list or something is wrong.

The top two are easy, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.

The next two players are less easy to guess, but more a product of the Super Bowl, Ben Roethlisberger and Larry Fitzgerald. Just the fact that the Squibster can even come close to spelling Roethlisberger is a testament to the impact of playing in the Super Bowl.

Ben Roethlisberger is number 3

Number 5 is Adrian Peterson.

5. Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings: A.D. had an incredible sophomore season, tossing the Vikings on his back down the stretch and carrying them to an NFC North title. There’s no player in the league who has greater big-play potential, and he brings that big-play potential 25 times a game. Hands down the best running back in the league, he will be in the MVP conversation over the next decade of his career.

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Oh, and Calvin Johnson, he made number 83 on the list, the lone Lion.

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For those of you that do not follow the Detroit Lions NFL team religiously and that is most of the world, you have to realize that the season for the Lions is fast approaching. The beginning of the season is during the morning of the draft and ends when the draft is over.

The exhibition season is a chance to see how bad all the newcomers are and the regular season is a chance to lose enough games to prepare for the real season, which is draft day, in case you forgot.

This year we plan on drafting Matt Stafford, because, well, because that would be the most fun for draft day. Even if a tackle would ultimately lead to more victories, it is more fun to think of Matt Stafford throwing game winning bombs to Calvin Johnson.

Calvin Johnson was a real victory in the real season of 2007

So when that regular season begins, how will the Lions perform? Will they lose enough games to do well in the real season (you know, draft day. Geez, how many reminders do you need?).

This schedule has 3-13 written all over it – and that’s only if divine intervention kisses the Lions,” writes Sharp. “There’s only one game in which the Lions should even be a slight favorite: at home against St. Louis on Nov. 1. They’re 0-6 before that game.”

You can read the rest of Drew’s article but I’m sending him a bill for ruining my cornflakes.

At least Nicholas J. Cotsonika, the Freep’s Lions beat writer, has broken the schedule down, game by game, this morning, although I’m not sure he’s expecting the Lions to do much better.

“At this point – the low point – the goal is modest,” writes Cotsonika. “It isn’t the Super Bowl. It isn’t the playoffs. It isn’t 8-8 or even something like 6-10. It’s a W.”

Well, from behind the security net of this Web site, I’m predicting an 8-8 year, with a chance of 9-7, and, oh yes, a 3-1 preseason record.

How do you like that, Drew?

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This has turned into a gossip column, instead of a sports report. You know, he said and then she said and then he said back. Well, this time it is more than gossip, it is just a feeling people have about Calvin Johnson.

George Foster, a tackle on the Detroit Lions, told Matt Stafford all about Calvin Johnson. Calvin is awesome. Those are the Squibster’s words not George’s. Calvin caught 78 balls for over 1,300 yards playing for the hapless Lions. They used about 5 different worthless quarterbacks.

Calvin soars to bring down a touchdown against the Bears

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